Dispensing container



June 27, 1967 A. J. PARENTE DISPENSING CONTAINER Filed Sept. 14, 1965FHG. "2"

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INVENTOR. A/VTHO/V) J'PAREIVTE BY 5 ATTOIXZ United States Patent3,327,909 DISPENSING CONTAINER Anthony J. Parente, 2204 E. WashingtonLane, Philadelphia, Pa. 19138 Filed Sept. 14, 1965, Ser. No. 487,140 4Claims. (Cl. 222450) This invention relates to a dispensing container ofthe type which has a pouring spout which may be opened and closed. Suchcontainers are commonly used for containing powdered soap, salt, etc.

One object of the invention is to produce an improved dispensingcontainer of the type set forth.

Dispensing containers, of the type set forth, generally containmaterials used in measured quantities and a measuring device may notalways be readily available.

It is therefore a further object to produce a container which willdispense and pour measured quantities of material.

A still further object is to provide an improved dispensing container,of the type set forth, which is reliable and inexpensive.

The full nature of the invention will be understood from the followingspecifications and the accompanying drawings in which:

FIG. 1 is a view partly in elevation and partly in section of adispensing container embodying the invention when the same is not inuse.

FIG. 2 is similar to FIG. 1 except that it shows the container in theprocess of measuring out some of its contents.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged, fragmentary, perspective view of the lowerright-hand portion of FIG. 2.

FIG. 4 is similar to FIG. 3 but shows the container in the process ofpouring the quantity measured as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3.

Referring to FIG. 1, dispensing container 18 includes a top wall 12,side walls 14, rear wall 16, front wall 18, and bottom wall 20. Carriedby front wall 18 is spout 22, hinged at its upper edge at 24 in theusual manner, whereby the spout can be closed as shown in FIG. 1 oropened as shown in FIG. 2. It should be noted that spout 22 is at thebase of the container instead of at the top, so as to pour the requiredamount of material into a measuring and pouring device 26 which is fullydescribed below.

The measuring and pouring device 26 is slidably mounted in a compartmentformed by extensions 28 and 30 of side walls 14 and rear walls 16respectively, and by bottom wall 32. The pouring device includes sideWalls 34, bottom wall 36, rear wall 46, and front wall 38. The frontportions of side walls 34 are scored as at 42 so as to be folded to theposition of FIG. 3 to form measuring device 26 or to be unfolded to theposition of FIG. 4 to produce an outwardly extended pouring member 52.

The upper edge of rear wall 46 is extended rearwardly normal to saidwall, to form a guide member 44 which slides against the underside ofbottom wall 20 of carton 10. Similarly, side walls 34 and bottom wall 36of the measuring device are also extended rearwardly to form guidemembers 35 and 37 respectively, which bear against side wall extensions28 and bottom wall 32.

Front wall 38 of measuring device 26 is provided with a handle 48 bywhich the measuring device may be pulled from the position of FIG. 1 tothe positions of FIGS. 2 and 3. The front wall 18 of container isprovided with a lip 50 which is in the path of outward movement of themeasuring device and which engages rear wall 46 to Patented June 27,1967 ice limit the movement of said device. The position of rear wall 46within said device is such that when lip 50 engages said rear wall asshown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the volume contained within measuring device 26is of a predetermined amount, e.g., one cup. Graduations or similarmarkings may be made on the interior walls so as to provide fractionalmeasures of the entire volume.

The operation of measuring and pouring device 26 is as follows:

Said device is moved outwardly from its compartment, by pulling handle48 in an outward direction, until rear wall 46 engages lip 50 therebypreventing further movement of said device. When device 26 is positionedas shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, spout 22 is opened and the contents withincontainer 10 flow out through said spout without having to tip thecontainer. When the desired amount of material has been received in themeasuring device, spout 22 is closed. Front wall 38 is pulled downwardas shown in FIG. 3 to unfold the front portions of side walls 34, oneither side of front wall 38, thereby forming pouring extension 52, asshown in FIG. 4, through which the contents of measuring device 26 areemptied into whatever receptacle is desired. After said contents havebeen poured out, front wall 38 is moved to its original position torefold side walls 34 along creases 42. The measuring device is nowpushed back into its compartment whereby the operation can be performedagain.

What I claim is:

1. A container having:

side walls, top, and bottom walls, and

a front wall,

a spout carried by the lower portion of said front wall,

the side and back walls of said container being extended below thebottom wall thereof to form the side and back walls of compartment belowsaid container, and

a measuring and pouring device slidably mounted in said compartment, andincluding:

side walls,

a bottom wall, and

a rear wall,

the front portions of the bottom and side walls of said device beingscored whereby they may be folded to form a front wall for saidmeasuring device and whereby they may be unfolded to form a pouringnozzle,

the upper edge of the rear wall of said device being extended to form aguide member which bears against the bottom of said container, and theside walls of said device being extended to form lateral guide memberswhich slidably bear against the walls of said compartment.

2. The structure defined in claim 1 and a bottom wall for saidcompartment, and wherein the bottom wall of said pouring device isextended to form a guide bearing on the bottom wall of said compartment.

3. The structure recited in claim 1 and a lip depending from the frontwall of the container which is in the path of outward movement of themeasuring device to limit the movement of said device within saidcompartment.

4. A container having a front wall and a bottom wall,

a folding spout carried by said front wall,

wall means forming a compartment below said bottom wall,

the front end of said compartment being open,

and a material measuring and dispensing device comprising a rear portionformed of non-collapsible side, bottom, and rear walls, and a frontportion comprising scored bottom and side walls Which are erectible toconstitute a front Wall for said device and are collapsible toconstitute a pouring nozzle for said device, and

means mounting said device for movement in said compartment to a firstposition in which it is Wholly concealed by the bottom of the containerand to a second position in which said device protrudes beyond the frontwall of the container to receive material from said spout.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS ROBERT B. REEVES, PrimaryExaminer.

10 F. R. HANDREN, Assistant Examiner.

4. A CONTAINER HAVING A FRONT WALL AND A BOTTOM WALL, A FOLDING SPOUTCARRIED BY SAID FRONT WALL, WALL MEANS FORMING A COMPARTMENT BELOW SAIDBOTTOM WALL, THE FRONT END OF SAID COMPARTMENT BEING OPEN, AND AMATERIAL MEASURING AND DISPENSING DEVICE COMPRISING A REAR PORTIONFORMED OF NON-COLLAPSIBLE SIDE, BOTTOM, AND REAR WALLS, AND A FRONTPORTION COMPRISING SCORED BOTTOM AND SIDE WALLS WHICH ARE ERECTIBLE TOCONSTITUTE A FRONT WALL FOR SAID DEVICE AND ARE COLLAPSIBLE TOCONSTITUTE A POURING NOZZLE FOR SAID DEVICE, AND MEANS MOUNTING SAIDDEVICE FOR MOVEMENT IN SAID COMPARTMENT TO A FIRST POSITION IN WHICH ITIS WHOLLY CONCEALED BY THE BOTTOM OF THE CONTAINER AND TO A SECONDPOSITION IN WHICH SAID DEVICE PROTRUDES BEYOND THE FRONT WALL OF THECONTAINER TO RECEIVE MATERIAL FROM SAID SPOUT.